K - 2 Problem Solving - Web Sites
- Aunty Math: Fun Math Challenges for Kids Fun word and logic problems for children from kindergarten through fifth grade. Each challenge is presented in the form of a story taken from the life of Aunty Math, her two nephews Barney and Danny, and her niece Gina. Aunty Math challenges present an opportunity for students to use their math and thinking skills to solve various problems. Try the Challenge of the Week page or check out the archive of past challenges.
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Helping Your Child Learn Math. This resource was written for parents of children in kindergarten through fifth grade, but will also be useful for tutors. It includes a variety of activities to help children learn and apply mathematical concepts such as geometry, algebra, measurement, statistics, and probability in a useful and fun way. All of the activities relate math to everyday life and complement many of the math lessons that children are learning in school. Activities use materials that are easy to find.
- Illuminations : principles and standards for school mathematics (ENC-016955) Created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), this site provides online information and activities to support and demonstrate how the new mathematical standards, PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL MATHEMATICS (PSSM), can be applied in the classroom. A section called i-Math features ready to use online interactive mathematical investigations for students; these include teacher notes, discussion questions, and connections to pages of the PSSM. Other sections of the ILLUMINATIONS web site offer video vignettes of classroom activities to promote discussion; Internet resources offering mathematical background information and support for the implementation of the PSSM; lesson plans for each grade band; and a searchable interactive version of the updated NCTM standards.
- Math Forum This site is a center for teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and all who have an interest in mathematics education. The Math Forum collects Internet and teacher-initiated mathematics resources and organizes them by subject so that these resources can be readily accessed. A favorite Math Forum feature, Problems of the Week, provide a creative mathematical challenge for students that can be used in the classroom or at home. New problems are offered each week for elementary, middle school, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry and calculus students.
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